Ongoing research

Our food environment (what we have access to around us to eat and drink) greatly influences what we consume.

Who says California doesn't have seasons? The appearance of the Naked Lady (Amaryllis belladonna) in August has always signaled the waning days of summer vacation for me.

Where is Tom's entomology kit? Does anybody know? When UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal delivered the Founders' Memorial Lecture at the recent Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting in St. Louis, Mo.

On Thursday, October 17, 2019 the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) held a Lemon Rootstock and Scion workshop and field tour in Santa Paula, California.

Mistletoe is a familiar sight of the season, often found wrapped in ribbon and hung for certain festivities this time of year. But did you know it is actually a parasitic plant that grows on a number of landscape trees in California? There are two types of mistletoe in California.

By Penny Pawl, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Winter is a perfect time to start planning the pollinator garden you will create in the spring. Start by deciding just where you would like to put the garden.

Two doctoral students in the UC Department of Entomology and Nematology excelled in their research presentations at the recent meeting of the Entomological Society of America in St. Louis, Mo.

When you visit the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus, you're likely to see spots. That would be the Indian domino cockroach, Therea petiveriana, also variously called the desert cockroach or seven-spotted cockroach.

Members of the national award-winning University of California Linnaean Games Team competed in the Linnaean Games at the recent Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting in St. Louis, Mo., but this time they didn't take home a trophy. The team was eliminated in the first round.

Doctoral candidate and ant specialist Brendon Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab received the prestigious John Henry Comstock Award at the Entomological Society of America's recent annual meeting, held in St. Louis, Mo. Each branch of ESA singles out one graduate student for the coveted award.